About two weeks before Career Day at my granddaughter’s school, she had asked me if I could come and talk to the students about being an author. She’s ten, and she told me she thought I’d be [ Read More ]
I love writing about Bible stories and how God works in the lives of His people. If you had asked me back in elementary school if I would become a Biblical Fiction author, I would have asked you, â [ Read More ]
Have you ever heard of the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod (the Christmas Book Flood)? This tradition of buying books for Christmas presents began in Iceland during WWII. Supply chains were cut [ Read More ]
I confessed in my last My Reading Life post that I’m a fickle reader when it comes to fiction and that I was finding it difficult to make it a priority in my reading life. That was back in June a [ Read More ]
Dear Blue Ridge Reader Connections—thank you for having me! I believe this is the third time I’ve done this blog topic, but that’s okay—I read a lot! I’m on Book 126 for my GoodReads Chal [ Read More ]
By Kathleen D. Bailey This has been the hardest year of my life. In February we learned that our younger daughter, 43, had inoperable liver cancer. I moved into her apartment and nursed her for her [ Read More ]
Good morning, friends! I am so happy to be with you again. It’s funny, because every time I am here, I’m reading a different genre. It all depends on what life has thrown at me at a specific ti [ Read More ]
by Eva Marie Everson Many years ago, just before I walked into this crazy business of writing and publishing, I happened to walk the aisles of a local Walmart. Naturally, I found myself in the lite [ Read More ]
 by Jessie Mattis @JessieMattis Am I the only one who doesn’t have a type? Not the dark hair vs. light hair, athletic vs. brainiac types. I’m talking romance, suspense, self-help types. Also k [ Read More ]
What first kindled your love of reading? Was it a specific book? A genre or author you kept gravitating toward? The joys of escaping into another world? For me, it was Smurfs. No, it wasn’t books [ Read More ]